Austen discovers Mommy playing Tetris.
Holding on to Mommy’s hands, Gage used his legs to stand up — and got a big round of applause from Grandma, Grandpa, Chacha, Dada and Mommy.
Today Gage held his black-and-white stim book while staring at the pictures. He even flipped a page back and forth. Also, he played with his new silver rattle, trying to bring it to his mouth: he’s tasting everything these days, particularly his blankets.
Helping Dada make spaghetti.
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Smiles truly are contagious. Show your pearly whites to Gage and he’ll reply with his famous tooth-challenged grin.
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(just don’t ask about the letter “S”)
Austen loves to put on dresses (her NYCB tutu, her pink princess dress from Disney, her flower dress from Halloween and her Snow White dress). She sort of plays at dressing a couple of princess barbie dolls — Mommy makes the dolls sing. Usually, Austen’s focus is pretend play: pretending to be a princess or ballerina. It’s not really like she’s “playing with dolls;” she ends up talking to her imaginary friends, pretending she’s their mom and carrying princess accoutrements from room to room.
While it’s sometimes hard to get Gage to nap during the day — his eyes pop open at the slightest sound — he’s a good sleeper at night, quickly dozing off after some milk and cuddling.
Normally, Gage smiles, coos and chirps but today, Gage started audibly laughing while talking to Dada.
